Pasta water, properly salted

• Serves 2
• Hands-on 12 min
• Oven none
• The skill Salt

Pasta water should taste like a pleasant soup. That’s about 10 grams of salt per litre.

You’ll need

• Spaghetti 200 g
• Salt 30 g for 3 litres
• Butter, parmesan to finish

Method

1. Bring 3 litres of water to the boil and add the salt.
2. Taste the water. Add salt until it tastes like soup.
3. Cook the pasta a minute short of the packet time.
4. Finish it in the pan with butter, parmesan and a ladle of the water.